The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has made registration and digital tracking mandatory for vehicles transporting construction and demolition waste in Mumbai, giving developers, contractors, government agencies, transporters and waste-processing facilities 15 days to comply with the new requirements.
The directive, issued through a public notice, requires all relevant projects and transport vehicles to be registered on the Mumbai Debris Control & Tracking System, or MDCTS. The system is intended to create an end-to-end digital record for each load of debris, from the point where it is generated to the authorised location where it is processed, recycled, unloaded or used for backfilling.
The BMC has also directed stakeholders to submit the prescribed construction and demolition waste management plan. Excavation material must be segregated from other construction and demolition waste, while projects and waste generators must engage only registered and authorised transporters.
Every vehicle carrying construction and demolition waste or excavation material must be fitted with an active Vehicle Tracking and Monitoring System. The VTMS must be supplied by a provider empanelled by the BMC. Vehicles will be required to remain trackable while transporting debris within the city.
The civic body has further mandated that debris be taken only to authorised processing, recycling, unloading or backfilling destinations. Vehicles carrying the material must be properly covered to prevent spillage and reduce dust pollution during transportation.
Vehicles found transporting construction and demolition waste without valid MDCTS registration or an approved active VTMS will attract a penalty of Rs 25,000 per vehicle per instance under the Solid Waste Management Byelaws, 2025. The BMC has also warned that illegal dumping, unauthorised transportation or improper disposal could result in stop-work action, suspension of permissions, action against bank guarantees and other proceedings under applicable laws.
The registration requirement applies to a wide range of stakeholders, including waste generators, developers, contractors, government and semi-government agencies, transporters, and facilities involved in processing, recycling, unloading or backfilling construction and demolition material.
The BMC said it would carry out ward-level field verification and enforcement drives to bring private, government, semi-government and infrastructure projects under a common monitoring framework. These inspections will be used to verify registrations, vehicle tracking systems, transport arrangements and authorised destinations.
The notice forms part of the civic body’s effort to address illegal debris dumping and improve accountability in the movement of construction waste across Mumbai. The BMC said the MDCTS would help verify each load, track the vehicle carrying it and confirm its final destination.
Stakeholders covered by the directive have 15 days from the publication of the public notice to register their projects and vehicles on the MDCTS portal and meet the prescribed compliance requirements. Ward-wise verification and enforcement action are scheduled to follow.
